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in New York. He played Benito Mussolini in several films.
1901: ROBERT R. STEPHENSON, who played the warehouseman in
"Tarantula", is born in Washington.
1906: JUN HAMAMURA, who played Dr. Murase in "Gammera the Invincible",
Gohei in "Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters", Oiwa's father in "The Ghost
of Yotsuya", the doctor in "The Vampire Doll", Bagow on “Kamen Rider
Amazon”, and Sakanoue-no-Daijo-Daijin in "Princess from the Moon", is
born in Fukuoka. He was also on "Ultraman Taro" and "The Last Days of
Planet Earth".
1914: GEORGE BARROWS, who played "Konga", is born in New York City.
1968: Episode 45 of "Masked Ninja Red Shadow", "Rock Monster Gagara",
debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: ZACHARY FANNIN, art department production assistant on "The
Ring", is born in Santa Monica, Calif.
JUDSON L. JONES, who was the voice of Kikodoro in the U.S. dub of
"The Princess Blade", is born in Bonham, Texas.
1975: SHIGERU KAYAMA, who wrote the stories for "Godzilla, King of the
Monsters", "Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman",
"Godzilla Raids Again", and "The Mysterians", dies.
DAN GREEN, the voice of Seiji Yoshizawa on the U.S. dub of
"Negadon: The Monster from Mars", is born in San Rafael, Calif. He was
also a dubber on "Ultraman Tiga".
1976: Episode 39 of "Secret Task Force Goranger", "Deep-Red Sea of
Japan! Super Power of the Mysterious Meteorite", debuts on Japanese
TV.
1977: ERI TANAKA, who played Chisato Jogasaki a.k.a. Mega Yellow on
"Electromagnetic Squadron Megaranger", "Electromagnetic Squadron
Megaranger vs. Carranger", and "Star Beast Squadron Gingaman vs.
Megaranger", is born in Kanagawa, Japan. She also played Nozomi
Sasayama on "Kamen Rider Kuuga".
1978: VERNON RICH, who played Ridley in "Tarantula", dies in
Peterborough, N.H.
1979: CERINA VINCENT, who played Maya the Yellow Galaxy Ranger on
"Power Rangers Lost Galaxy" and "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue", is
born in Las Vegas.
1981: "Taiyo sentai Sanbarukan" ("Solar Squadron Sunvulcan") premieres
on Japanese TV with Episode 1, "The North Pole Machine Empire".
1985: NARA SAORI, who played Momoko on "Blaze! Robocon" and Akane on
"Mikazuni", is born.
1988: Episode 18 of "Kamen Rider Black", "Saint of Sword Belgenia",
debuts on Japanese TV.
AI KAGO, who played Yuko in “Ju-on: Girl in Black”, is born in
Nara, Japan.
1993: DAVID DORFMAN, who played Aidan Keller in "The Ring" and "The
Ring Two", is born in Los Angeles. He was also on "Ally McBeal" and
"The Singing Detective".
1994: Episode 41 of Season 1 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers",
"Rita's Seed of Evil", debuts on Fox.
1996: Episode 36 of Season 3 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers",
"Climb Every Fountain", debuts on Fox.
1997: Episode 48, the final episode of "High-Speed Squadron
Carranger", "Road Safety Forever", debuts on Japanese TV.
2002: "Dark Water" premieres in Germany at the Berlin International
Film Festival.
KENSAKU HARA, who played Zenbei in "The Magic Serpent", dies.
2003: "The Ring" is released in Denmark, Estonia, Greece, and India.
2006: The "King Kong vs. Godzilla" soundtrack is released on CD in the
U.S.
2008: "Cloverfield" and the U.S. version of "One Missed Call" are
released in Argentina, and the latter film is also released in
Malaysia.
2009: Episode 6 of "Kamen Rider Dragon Knight", "Kamen Rider Torque",
debuts on the CW Network.
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